Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haneya met here Sunday night and discussed the security situation in the Palestinian territories, a senior Palestinian official said.

Nabil Abu Rudeineh, spokesman of Palestinian Presidency told reporters following Abbas and Haneya's two-hour meeting in Gaza that "the meetings will be resumed within the coming days."

"On Monday, there will be a series of meetings in the morning and the evening to follow up the issues both had agreed upon in tonight's meeting," Abu Rudeineh said.

He added that the meetings would tackle issues related to the Mecca agreement reached between the two rival mainstream movements of Fatah and Hamas on Feb. 8, the performance of the national unity government and the issue of security chaos.

Interior Minister Hani el-Qawasmeh and deputy premier Azzam el- Ahmed also attended the meeting held at Abbas' Gaza headquarters.

Abbas arrived in Gaza earlier on Sunday evening to discuss with Haneya a security plan presented by the United States to both Israel and the Palestinian National Authority (PNA), sources at Abbas' office said.

The sources added that Abbas discussed with Haneya the U.S. plan that calls on the Palestinians to halt attacks on Israel for easing Israeli restrictions imposed on the Palestinians' free movement.

Abbas also discussed with Haneya the implementation of a security plan to restore order in the Palestinian territories and a pending letter of resignation that el-Qawasmeh presented to Haneya last week, according to the sources.

Source: Xinhua